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December 16, 2020
The Chamber submitted the following testimony regarding proposals related to telemedicine under consideration by the Health Care Conference Committee.
Read the full letter here.
One of the Chamber’s guiding health care principles is that the state must strike a balance between supporting our cornerstone health care industry and ensuring that world-class care is accessible and affordable for residents and businesses.
Telemedicine coverage presents a significant opportunity to expand access to high quality health care, but Massachusetts – a leader in so many aspects of health care – lags on this issue. In December 2019, before the COVID pandemic and the emergency order to cover telemedicine services, Massachusetts was one of only 12 states without coverage parity.1 Without action by the Legislature, we risk returning to that pre-COVID status.
The Chamber urges the conference committee to include coverage parity for telemedicine services. As demonstrated during the pandemic, telemedicine provides a lifeline for residents who have limited ability to visit a physical office space because of geographic proximity, access to transportation, availability of child care, or some other reason. Ensuring such services are covered by commercial insurance after the pandemic will improve residents’ ability to access care and ultimately create a healthier population that can be more productive and potentially reduce long-term health care costs.
A key issue is whether telemedicine services should also have rate parity with in-person services. The Chamber believes that setting rates is best addressed by the negotiating entities themselves, without government intervention. This position is consistent with the Chamber’s view that, in general, government should avoid mandates and laws that restrict organizations’ ability to adjust quickly to external forces and changing preferences. We do recognize the need to maintain rate parity during the COVID pandemic, but we urge the conference committee to avoid determining the rates for telehealth services for a longer period of time.
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Carolyn Ryan
Senior Vice President, Policy & Research
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